Melodies

I was looking for another quote by Sting and found this one instead. Thank goodness for songwriting! That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere. -Sting The other quote said something along the lines of this: "Melodies are

Arriving and Departing

Welcome to liamkinnon.com, my brand new website.  A while back I asked my Dad to reserve liamkinnon.com before somebody else did.  I asked him about it this past weekend and on Monday I got an email informing me to head over to liamkinnon.com and login.  Because we're using Wordpress.org, I don't have to go through

Study Break #1

It isn't the first for me, but it might be the first for you.   Airplane, from College Humor.

What if I have nothing to say?

I realize when I sit here sometimes that I go through my day thinking, "hey, that would be an interesting thing to blog about." I then promptly forget what it was. Now I'm sitting here with absolutely nothing to say. I've recently been impressed by Ann Althouse, who, along with being a law professor, manages

A Truthtelling Cartoon

Jon Birch hit the nail on the head with his latest. You can read all of his cartoons here.

The Barack Obama Soundboard

Someone brilliant discovered a number of passages from Barack Obama's reading of "Dreams of my Father" that are of dubious moral character.  If you are as easily amused as I am you will get a kick out of hearing the President of the United States saying "you ain't my bitch." HT: Althouse

What is history?

This is a loaded question.  I spent an entire class last semester discussing this question and I still have yet to come to a conclusion.  I had one professor, who was rather nihilistic, describe it as useless, but fun.  Sometimes I have a hard time disagreeing.  I think Churchill said something along the lines of,